TY - JOUR
T1 - Postpericardiotomy syndrome following penetrating stab wounds of the chest
T2 - Comparison with the postcommissurotomy syndrome
AU - Segal, Fay
AU - Tabatznik, Bernard
PY - 1960/2
Y1 - 1960/2
N2 - Two cases of penetrating stab wounds of the chest are described, complicated by pyrexia, pericarditis, and a tendency to relapse. The clinical picture is compared with that seen in the postcommissurotomy syndrome. Current views on the pathogenesis of the postcommissurotomy syndrome are discussed. The striking similarity of traumatic pericarditis to the postcommissurotomy syndrome as well as to the syndrome following surgery of nonrheumatic heart disease suggests acceptance of the more generic term "postpericardiotomy syndrome".
AB - Two cases of penetrating stab wounds of the chest are described, complicated by pyrexia, pericarditis, and a tendency to relapse. The clinical picture is compared with that seen in the postcommissurotomy syndrome. Current views on the pathogenesis of the postcommissurotomy syndrome are discussed. The striking similarity of traumatic pericarditis to the postcommissurotomy syndrome as well as to the syndrome following surgery of nonrheumatic heart disease suggests acceptance of the more generic term "postpericardiotomy syndrome".
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U2 - 10.1016/0002-8703(60)90276-3
DO - 10.1016/0002-8703(60)90276-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 14444525
AN - SCOPUS:50549178376
SN - 0002-8703
VL - 59
SP - 175
EP - 183
JO - American heart journal
JF - American heart journal
IS - 2
ER -